Canceled Mass Wedding Leaves Couples Frustrated

Twenty-two-year-old Inuwa Inuwa and his 16-year-old girlfriend Kaishia Yunusa are in love. “I met him three years ago when I was 13. Other suitors were coming, but I fell in love with him and now he is the only one,” says Kaishia. “I liked her because she is very kind and she has a very good upbringing. She upholds the teachings of Islam,” Inuwa says. Both are from agrarian families in a rural community in Kano state in northern Nigeria. They were supposed to be married last...

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